10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINNESS»
Discover the use of
thinness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thinness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
There are alternatives to the Cult of Thinness and this book provides a strong antidote.
Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, 2007
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The Religion of
Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers ...
Advising readers to look hard at the societal cues that cause them to obsess about their weight, and to remain mindful about their actions and needs, this book will not only help stop the cycle of guilt and shame associated with food, it ...
Michelle M. Lelwica, 2013
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Am I Thin Enough Yet?: The Cult of
Thinness and the ...
Discusses the social pressures on women to meet unrealistic standards of appearance, and looks at the impact of the media on women's self-image
Sharlene Janice Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber, 1997
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Weighty Issues: Fatness and
Thinness As Social Problems
This book however draws from and contributes to social constructionist perspectives. The chapters in this volume offer several perspectives that can be used to understand the way society deals with fatness and thinness.
Jeffery Sobal, Donna Maurer
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Interpreting Weight: The Social Management of Fatness and ...
While structural conditions and cultural environments make important contributions to weight constructions, the chapters in this book focus on the social processes in which people engage while they interpret, negotiate, resist, and ...
Jeffery Sobal, Donna Maurer, 1999
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Fat: How Desperation Led Me from Natural
Thinness to Obesity
Join author Laura Dolan-Hayes on a twenty-eight month long journey beginning June 3, 2010 and ending on October 19, 2012, chronicling her thoughts, ideas, and frustrations over her own personal state of obesity and the state of the world's ...
7
Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters, and the Persuit of ...
The first edition of this book added the term father hunger to everyday language, to explain the emptiness, and resulting food and body-image disorders, experienced by women with physically or emotionally absent fathers.
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Eater's Choice Low-Fat Cookbook: Eat Your Way to
Thinness ...
Collects the finest of the Goor's recipes for apetizers, soups, salads, main courses, and desserts accompanied by dietary information "Long acclaimed as the nation's leading authorities on healthful eating, Dr. Ron and Nancy Goor have ...
9
Hunger Pains: The Modern Woman's Tragic Quest for
Thinness
Examines the effects of food, weight, and dieting on a woman's self-image, discusses eating disorders in children, and promotes positive thinking and a healthy lifestyle as means to overcome eating disorders
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Dieting, Exercise, and
Thinness Messages in Magazines for ...
This study assessed Seventeen and YM from 1956 through 2005 to determine if a trend to a thin ideal exists in the magazines most frequently read by teenage girls.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
thinness is used in the context of the following news items.
Vivo X5 Max S goes by TENAA, trades thinness for battery
The Vivo X5 Max launched in December last year as the "World's thinnest phone" now an S version is in the works. The X5 Max S won't be as thin, instead it ... «GSMArena.com, May 15»
Apple's new MacBook takes thinness to uncomfortable level
Apple's taken its obsession with thinness a step too far for my taste. I like how thin and light the new computer is, but I don't appreciate the trade-offs, which make ... «McDuffie Mirror, May 15»
Wolverton: Apple's new MacBook takes thinness to an …
Apple's taken its obsession with thinness a step too far for my taste. I like how thin and light the new computer is, but I don't appreciate the trade-offs, which make ... «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»
France Institutes Fines For Anyone Inciting Thinness
Now the French government has taken the contrary view – at least to the second part – and ruled that inciting people to extreme thinness could be punishable by ... «Breitbart News, Apr 15»
Skinny catwalk models could be history as France makes it illegal to …
France is set to crack down on glamorising skinny female bodies by making it illegal to 'incite extreme thinness' by encouraging people to diet. A new law voted ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
Giuliana Rancic Thinness Due to Stress Trying to Save 'Fashion …
Giuliana Rancic's year is really off to a lousy start, and all that stress seems to be taking a real toll on her. The E! star seems to be a lightening rod for criticism, ... «Music Times, Mar 15»
Apple's new MacBook employs unorthodox keyboard design to …
To pursue its continuing obsession with thinness, Apple has gone to extraordinary lengths with the keyboard on the new 12-inch MacBook, redesigning it in a ... «Apple Insider, Mar 15»
When it comes to Apple products, how thin is too thin?
But Apple's pursuit of thinness and lightness has consequences. Thinner and lighter devices have smaller batteries, low-power processors, and reduced space ... «Macworld, Mar 15»
French Lawmakers Aim To Criminalize 'Excessive Thinness' In …
A second change in the law would make it a crime to glorify "excessive thinness," which would target those who run pro-anorexia websites, punishable by up to ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
Our One Wish? Longer Battery Life
I think the answer is obvious: Thinness and weight have become proxies for excellence in design, a shorthand for “high tech.” Apple and its competitors highlight ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»
